October 15th Newsletter

Important Dates
October
18 – Book Orders Are Due
20 – Early Dismissal – 12:00
22 – Family Halloween Party at Ide
29 - Classroom Halloween Parties

Student of the Week
Alex S. will be our student of the week next week.

Lieutenant Tabisz came to our school and talked about fire safety. We learned about choosing a special meeting place in case of a fire, how to “stop, drop, and roll,” and that we should never go back inside to get something we forgot. He also showed us the special gear that firemen wear and we talked about how it sounds when firemen speak with their oxygen tanks on.

Halloween Party & Parade
Please come and watch our parade. It will be outside (weather permitting) in the back of the school. We will begin at 1:40 on Friday, Oct. 29th and will parade outside beginning in front of the school and then we will circle around to the back of the school. After that, we will return to our classrooms for our party.

The students should bring their costumes to school. We will help them get dressed prior to the parade. Since the students will have a treat and a drink at the party, no additional candy treats are necessary.

Next week we will be reading stories about bugs. In Quit It, Bug!, two children try to have a picnic on a log and a bug wants to go to his home in that log. In A Surprise for Zig Bug, some bugs think they are swimming in a pool, but it is really a jug. We also have a Science Link story called Insects.

Comprehension
- summarizing and story structure

Vocabulary
The vocabulary words are:
are, away, does, he, live, pull, they, where, quit, up, zig, zag, bug, & jug

Phonics
- the vowel sound of short “u”
- blending words with the CV and CVC pattern.
- review the short “e” sound also

Grammar
We will focus on using action words.

Math
We just started chapter 5 in our math books this week. In this chapter, children will be working on addition fact strategies, such as counting on, doubles (4 & 4 = 8),a & doubles plus one(4 & 5 = 9). Some children understand these concepts very quickly, and others it takes repetition and a lot of practice to master them.

Have a great October!